Authorship Quote by George Pattison

But, inevitably, as he [Kierkegaard] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of…

— George Pattison

Sartre is one example of someone who does just this. Every text is, after all, a human document and whatever Kierkegaard thought about God…

— George Pattison

“The speculative thinker makes Christianity into theology, instead of recognizing that a living relationship to Christ involves passion, struggle, decision, personal appropriation, and inner…

— Charles E. Moore

“Observe that for the novelist who has remained Christian, like myself, man is someone creating himself or destroying himself. He is not an immobile…

— François Mauriac

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

— Milan Kundera

If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

— Isaac Asimov

“The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us." ~"The character of Jesus…

— R. Alan Woods

“As we read through this small pile of correspondence, a curious duplicity gradually emerges. In their language, the letters are among Kierkegaard’s most outstanding…

— Joakim Garff

“His theology is mostly focused on helping people with their physical needs. All that's important, of course, but he'll hit a dry spell someday…

— Catherine Marshall

“The synoptic Gospels of the New Testament manuscripts make us aware of Christ's character and gives us a view of the 'son-ship' He modeled…

— R. Alan Woods

“Humanists believe that God is the most important, influential literary character human beings have ever created.”

— Greg M. Epstein